April 19, 2003
ATLANTA – Senior Troy Matteson and freshman Thomas Jordan continued their strong play Saturday, leading Georgia Tech to a 1-under-par 287 and nudging the Yellow Jackets up a spot to fourth after 36 holes in the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship.
The tournament is being contested on the 7,102-yard, par 72 Old North State Club in Uwharrie Point, N.C. After no team could match par on Friday, four teams broke par in Saturday’s competition, paced by Wake Forest’s 6-under 282. Tech came into the event looking for its fourth ACC title in five years, but stands 17 shots off the pace of Wake Forest heading into Sunday’s final round.
Wake Forest (282-575) and North Carolina (286-576), each with three golfers making par or better in Saturday’s round, hold the top two positions, one shot apart, with 18 holes to play. Clemson shot 286, two shots under par, and is in third place at 580, five shots behind the Demon Deacons and four in back of the Tar Heels.
Tech is another 12 strokes behind Clemson at 592 after shooting 287, the only other school to beat par Saturday.
Matteson, the defending NCAA champion, shot the day’s best round, a 5-under-par 67, and is in a tie for second place at 3-under-par 141 with Wake Forest’s Brent Wanner and North Carolina’s Richard Treis, four shots behind Bill Haas of Wake Forest (137). Jordan shot a 3-under 69 and is tied for ninth place with Clemson’s D.J. Trahan, the 2002 national player of the year.
Haas carded a 68 Friday to extend his lead to four strokes, while teammate Wanner shot 69 and Chris Yoder shot 70 for the Deacons. Treis shot 69, Ramon Brescansa shot 70 and Dustin Bray 72 for the Tar Heels. Clemson got a 68 from Trahan and a 72 from Jack Ferguson.
Senior Adam Cranford shot 74 to count for Tech, while sophomores Chan Wongluekiet and Nicholas Thompson each posted 77s.
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPOld North State Club, New London, N.C.Par: 72; Yardage: 7102
TEAM STANDINGS Wake Forest 293-282 575 (-1) North Carolina 290-286 576 (E) Clemson 294-286 580 (+4) Georgia Tech 305-287 592 (+16) Duke 303-292 595 (+19) NC State 312-295 607 (+31) Virginia 310-298 608 (+32) Maryland 311-299 610 (+34) Florida State 311-305 616 (+40)
TOP 20 INDIVIDUALS 1 Bill Haas, Wake Forest 69-68 137 (-7) 2 Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech 74-67 141 (-3) Brent Wanner, Wake Forest 72-69 141 (-3) Richard Treis, N. Carolina 72-69 141 (-3) 5 Ramon Bescansa, N. Carolina 72-70 142 (-2) 6 Dustin Bray, N. Carolina 71-72 143 (-1) 7 Jack Ferguson, Clemson 72-72 144 (E) Chris Yoder, Wake Forest 74-70 144 (E) 9 D.J. Trahan, Clemson 77-68 145 (+1) Thomas Jordan, Georgia Tech 76-69 145 (+1) 11 Leif Olson, Duke 75-72 147 (+3) Tom Lefebvre, Duke 75-72 147 (+3) Gregg Jones, Clemson 74-73 147 (+3) Ben Duncan, Clemson 72-75 147 (+3) 15 Justin Goodhue, Virginia 77-71 148 (+4) Jason Moon, NC State 80-68 148 (+4) John Eades, Maryland 73-75 148 (+4) 18 Matt Hendrix, Clemson 76-73 149 (+5) Stephen Lewton, NC State 77-72 149 (+5) 20 Alex Wilson, Duke 76-74 150 (+6) John Moheyer, Maryland 75-75 150 (+6) Jeremy Elliott, N. Carolina 75-75 150 (+6)
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Troy Matteson (T2) 74-67 141 (-3) Thomas Jordan (T9) 76-69 145 (+1) Adam Cranford (T23) 78-74 152 (+8) Nicholas Thompson (T30) 77-77 154 (+10) Chan Wongluekiet (35) 79-77 156 (+12)
